Picture of the Day and B'days for Jan. 29

Posted January 28, 2009, 7:24 pm


Today is Thursday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2009. There are 336 days left in the year.

On Jan. 29, 1936 - The first members of the baseball Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, are named in Cooperstown, New York.

On Jan. 29, 1963, the first members of pro football's Hall of Fame were named in Canton, Ohio.

Today's Birthdays: Actor John Forsythe is 91. Actor Noel Harrison is 75.  Actress Katharine Ross is 69. Actor Tom Selleck is 64.  Actor Marc Singer is 61.  Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is 55. Country singer Irlene Mandrell is 53. Actress Judy Norton Taylor ("The Waltons") is 51.  Olympic gold-medal diver Greg Louganis is 49.  Actor Nicholas Turturro is 47. Actor-director Edward Burns is 41.

Picture of the Day:  We all saw his mug shot when 70-year-old James Brown,  the "Godfather of Soul," was arrested in January 2004.  But did you consider having it permanently tattooed on your chest? Didn't think so. This guy did. It's a real conversation starter -- as in, "put your shirt back on and leave me alone."



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